Word: kiosk
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cambridge's workmen didn't snub the rumors or try to stifle them. Forthrightly and honestly, they blasted open their kiosk island and laid it before the public gaze. Thundering pneumatic drills proved the strength of their concrete. Sledge hammers exposed cross-section after cross-section, showing it pure and well-mixed to the last pebble. Today, disinterested students can stand before a saw-horse guard rail and examine the dismembered rubble: mute testimony to the honesty and conviction of a few simple workmen...
Last fall the workmen dumped a few tons of concrete into the Square's car-jammed read bed to alleviate traffic conditions. They patty-caked it into a rotund island around the kiosk, and Harvard Square became a circle. Results were immediate and beneficial. Harrassed drivers took one look at the obstacle course, and thenceforth drove to work via Fresh Pond Parkway or Wellesley Hills. The traffic problem was solved...
Last fall the kiosk, as usual, was resting on a square of concerto. However, in a burst of planning, Cambridge added more concrete to the sides of the island making it into a circle. Last night, while freshmen cringed in their rooms, a team of drillers blasted the island back into its original rectangular form...
According to police, the girl was left in a parked car by her date, who went into a nearby store. While he was gone, she hastily scribbled a suicide note, left it in the car, and dashed for the subway kiosk...
...supermarkets a housewife can check her arm-filling purchases, then move on to other shops, her arms free for more parcels. When she is finished she picks up her groceries at a kiosk in the parking lot. Even the tenants in the office building are used as customer bait: Northgate is leasing space mostly to doctors, dentists and real-estate salesmen. Rex Allison figures that they will attract crowds of shoppers every...